Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo
| Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo Temporal range: Holocene
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| Reconstruction of species’ appearance: Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo (left), small-billed moa-nalo (right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | †Thambetochen |
| Species: | †T. chauliodous
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| †Thambetochen chauliodous Olson & Wetmore, 1976
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The Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo (Thambetochen chauliodous), also known as the Maui Nui moa-nalo, is one of two species of moa-nalo in the genus Thambetochen. Moa-nalo are a group of extinct, flightless, large goose-like ducks, which evolved in the Hawaiian Islands of the North Pacific Ocean.[1]
Distribution and habitat
The genus and species were originally described in 1976 from
O'ahu moa-nalo.[1]
References
- ^ JSTOR 40166794.[permanent dead link]
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